I was feeling better after about 10 days. I even noticed when going to the gym I had much more energy for workouts.
Dude..that's awesome!
So...this Dr is an endocrinologist and I really like her. She seems to blend "common sense" with medical. And asks "what is the body telling you"?
Well..she said that the brain is pretty smart and even when your body is "normal" there can be reasons LH is low. She said think about this. If you have sustained stress over a long period and it doesn't resolve (stress is supposed to be "periodic")...then you brain knows "this is not a situation to be having children"...so it "dials back" the production of testosterone...
Kinda makes sense to me.
Stress went to next level with dementia diagnosis in Mom (and her denial). Then trying to navigate the first illness and then the next and the next, while playing by "dementia rules" has been out of this world.
And as you guys know..my stress levels were up there even before dementia in Mom.
Anyway...tomorrow is biopsy for Mom and we should know more about this growth in her throat.
She has been cleared for physical therapy for her hip and back.
And I have no idea what I'm going to do/recommend for cataracts..basically kicking this down the road into fall.
Then yesterday she had a headache and likely took some tylenol although she couldn't tell me how much, the paper she had times written down on was nonsensical (time is one of the places dementia shows up, she couldn't figure out maximum of 2 pills in 6 hours...at least that is my best guess)
So I made sure I or grandkids were in the house all day in the off chance she really had over medicated with tylenol.
Oh..and of course I removed all the tylenol from the house and need to think more about this after the biopsy. Could this really be where I take over medication? (nope...no stress here...move along please)
Best,
FF